skull wrote:Personally I think if they want to align with CA then they should open MM1 age group to their club (30 to 35). I think it is wrong making 35 the min age for the club when CA masters starts at 30.

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If you follow that logic, they should also embrace Elite Grade. Then they should adopt the various "junior" grades.

If they want to be an open club then yes they shall need to include elite and juniors. But they aren't so don't need to.

If they want to keep AVCC minimum ages then stay a vets club.

Which brings me to my next point. If older riders get upset about masters being younger and thus races getting harder/faster. Then maybe they should think about dropping a grade, they will still be racing the same people and won't have to worry about the new blood.

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There are also a huge number of masters only clubs, just like there are clubs that do not cater for masters grades. You know what I mean so stop being pedantic.

There is also elite (open) grade, which a master may enter if they have paid for an elite licence.

Want to be a masters club (such as southern tas) and affiliated with CA provide the regulated MASTERS grades.

Want to only supply grades aligned with avcc then be a avcc aligned club.

The reason I never raced aged 30 to 35 was due to southern tas starting at 35 back then. The wheelers only had small numbers and they were all fast praties boys, so I wasn't going to pay to race by myself. There was one race I did where they had packed up and left before I finished.

The biggest thing that annoyed ne, is when I turned 35 they introduced MM1 to the club

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There are also a huge number of masters only clubs. So stop being pedantic.

There is also elite (open) grade, which a master may enter if they have paid for an elite licence.

Want to be a masters club (such as southern tas) and affiliated with CA provide the regulated MASTERS grades.

Want to only supply grades aligned with avcc then be a avcc aligned club.

The reason I never raced aged 30 to 35 was due to southern tas starting at 35 back then. The wheelers only had small numbers and they were all fast praties boys, so I wasn't going to pay to race by myself. There was one race I did where they had packed up and left before I finished.

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I am not being pedantic, just pointing out some facts.You correctly point out that there are masters grades in Cycling Australia, however there are no provisions for "Masters" clubs, Open, Elite, Junior, or any other "type" of club. A cycling club affiliated with Cycling Australia, is just that; "a Cycling club affiliated with Cycling Australia". Each such club can decide on the grades they wish to cater for, and their club constitution can nominate membership provisions that limit membership to certain ages if they wish.This wont be the first CA club to restrict membership to M2 and above.

skull wrote:Which takes me back to my first post. If they want to be affiliated to CA then provide m1

What is so scary about the 30 to 35 age group. They are a masters grade but clubs that are masters only don't want them.

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Thanks for not using that "pedantic" word again skull. Using language like that is a form of "Elder bashing" as it causes confusion. I note that your new neighbours, Tony, and Julia, are anti "elder bashing".

There is nothing wrong with the 30-35 age group, so long as they play with children of their own age.

Please dont "unfriend " me on facebook skull

There is another aspect to this, so far not addressed in this thread. There is a prize on offer to the first poster who opens it up.

master6 wrote:There is another aspect to this, so far not addressed in this thread. There is a prize on offer to the first poster who opens it up.

Clue:- elephant

Would the elephant-in-the-room be that the last time this topic was discussed, you scuttled attempts at constructive club dialogue by creating multiple usernames, aimlessly criticised club volunteers and then offered a weak self-aggrandizing apology?

I can see both sides of the arguments however NV going to CA has its benefits. The fact they will still have only 35+ well....every club can write its own charter.

Now the NV races have a different atmosphere so those of the CT or STCC races and well it's good. I like the atmosphere of the NV races not to mention they have different races to CT races. However..if NV does join CT then what will happen with my NV license.......and next year at the AVCC Nats exactly what club would I be representing?

why cant we all (as in all the clubs) just be open to everyone (as long as they have a licence) as we dont have the population base to restrict age groups.And then in the results they can also place the riders in ther age categories

In all the active sports that I have been involved in over the years - perhaps with the exception of basketball, there has always been a vets style competition - for whatever reason. That suggests there is some basic fundamental on why a vets cycling club is formed. Once you use that thought process as a point of reference the concept of opening up the vets club to "youngsters" creates a tension amongst those who are seeking the vets experience. Tinker with it too much and you simply lose members and/or have significant turnover of numbers as has been the case in the south.

It is easy to over generalise - so I will - but it always appears to me that the Vets concept across active sports, is one where the expectation of excessive training time disappears. Lots of vets train excessively but generally the concept for most is to turn up with little training and enjoy a ride with like-minded friends. Pop a couple of youngsters into each grade and it turns a weekend ride into a puff-fest.

There are, and always have been, vets who race with the "youngsters" and that suits their needs and good on them. The down side of having a vets club in the south, whether as part of CA or AVCC, is that it is usualy the "oldies" that have the time to do the organising and that has meant a lack of assistance for the brave few who continue to keep the Wheelers going.

For mine - I see no advantage one way or the other as to who the northern vets are affiliated with - as long as they retain their intent. AVCC affiliation has always been cheaper as that is the reason why they were formed in the first place. If you want to ride with the youngsters then CA affiliation is cheaper. I suppose it all depends of who you talk to and who is putting forward the change proposal.

Based on the results of a number of Victorian AVEC clubs that went to CA they will regret tgevbackv decision. CA will put so many road blocks in the way of there calendar, force them to offer prize money for every race, /force the purchase of substandard timing equipment, not allow them to run masters only races and a huge amount of administration on the club.

After 2 year most of the clubs that went over come back due all theses problems.

CA tries to put a lot of pressure on AVCC clubs for a number of reasons but primarily it's to get the older members to do the organising while the young ones get to race.

This discussion came up a couple of years ago here in the ACT and it was shut down fir this very reason.

MotionThat the constitution of the Northern Vets Cycling Club Inc. be amendedas per the document attached hereto and entitled, “Proposed Changesto the Constitution of the Northern Vets Cycling Club Inc.”.

fixedlegs2012 wrote:I haven't raced a Northern Vets race this year yet maybe in the second half my calendar is fairly full before June. Salvete have great coffee and breakfast though on a Saturday morning after a ride

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